Aberdeenshire West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeenshire West
Constituency
High Street, Banchory
Country	Scotland
County	Aberdeenshire
Area
• Total	3,497 km2 (1,350 sq mi)
Population
• Total	77,348
• Density	22/km2 (57/sq mi)

Aberdeenshire West
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Aberdeenshire West shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish Conservative Party
MSP	Alexander Burnett
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Created from	Gordon, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Aberdeenshire West is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Dundee City East and Dundee City West.